Financial movements in the AI ecosystem, including venture capital investments, strategic acquisitions, IPO's and funding rounds for AI companies.
Sunlight AI raised $17.4 million in seed funding and acquired Bradford Medical Associates as it builds an administrative platform for independent medical practices.
Blackwall raised $100 million in a Series C round led by AVP, valuing the web security company at $2.2 billion.
Anthropic lost more than $80 billion in the first half of 2026, mostly from $72 billion in accounting charges on convertible notes, the WSJ reported citing its draft IPO prospectus.
Gradient raised $4 million to expand its accounting service for US startups, which uses AI for internal operations while clients work with human experts.
OpenAI has acquired Orchestra Bio, a startup building AI agents for drug development, and will fold it into its Rosalind life sciences tools. Terms were not disclosed.
Reliable Robotics raised another $115 million, bringing its Series D total to $275 million and its valuation above $1 billion.
ASI raised $325 million in Series C funding at a $3 billion valuation to expand its AI software for transportation, energy, defense and logistics operations.
Salesforce agreed to acquire customer engagement platform Braze for about $5.66 billion in enterprise value, or $47.50 in cash per share.
Trinity acquired Verix, adding its Tovana commercial intelligence platform and full team to TrinityEDGE. Financial terms were not disclosed.
Mural raised a $15 million Series A led by Tether, bringing its total funding to $28 million. The company provides accounts, payments, identity and compliance infrastructure for fintech platforms and AI agents.
Azra AI completed its acquisition of medical imaging AI platform Blackford Analysis, combining imaging analysis with patient care coordination.
Former OpenAI research chief Bob McGrew's manufacturing AI startup Arda raised $230 million at a $1.5 billion valuation.
Daytona has raised $60 million in a Series B round led by FirstMark, bringing its total funding to $91 million.
Eka Robotics raised $150 million for its robotic manipulation system, which combines a force sensitive gripper with a model trained through simulation.
Jooba raised $4 million in seed funding and made its recruiting service generally available. The company combines custom AI sourcing agents with human review.
Firefly Technology raised $20 million in Series A funding to expand its workplace safety platform, which connects cameras, radios, sensors and emergency response tools.
AuxoAI raised $20.7 million in Series A funding to expand its enterprise AI consulting services and develop its Damia workbench.
Vectorial raised $3 million in seed funding for a platform that simulates consumer behavior and provides feedback to product and marketing teams.
CBRE agrees to acquire data center infrastructure provider Onnec for an initial £460 million in cash, plus an earnout of up to £300 million.
Otter.ai raised $320 million from General Catalyst's Customer Value Fund. The company will use the financing for enterprise sales, international expansion and product work.
